James Randi

A magician and sceptic, James Randi appears in the archive as a voice of doubt. March 13, 1984. In Columbus, he arrived to investigate Tina Resch for CSICOP. Joan Resch turned him away at the door. He also challenged claims linked to Matthew Manning, the Shelford poltergeist boy of 1967. With Joe Nickell, he criticised Hans Bender for calling the Rosenheim case genuine even after deception was found. Randi also denounced the teachings of George King, founder of the Aetherius Society, as pseudoscience.

Stories5

Pro early

The Cottingley Fairies: Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths photograph fairies at Cottingley Beck

July 1917 · Cottingley Beck, Cottingley, near Bingley, West Yorkshire

United Kingdom

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 90 sources · 9 photos

31Partially documented

George King, The Command and the Founding of the Aetherius Society

May 8, 1954 · 18 Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale, London

United Kingdom

UAP · Being / humanoid · 26 sources

28Thinly documented

Critic who denounced King's teachings as pseudoscience

The Rosenheim Poltergeist (Spuk von Rosenheim)

1967 · Law office of Sigmund Adam, Rosenheim, Bavaria

Germany

Paranormal · Other · 31 sources · 1 photos

46Partially documented

Pro early

The Matthew Manning Poltergeist: Shelford, Linton and Oakham School

February 1967 · Shelford and Queens House, Linton (Cambridgeshire), and Oakham School (Rutland), England

United Kingdom

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

Sceptical critic of Manning's later claims

The Columbus Poltergeist: Tina Resch and the Flying Phone, 1984

March 1, 1984 · Resch family home, North Side of Columbus, Ohio

United States

Paranormal · Other · 18 sources

33Partially documented

Magician and CSICOP investigator who analysed the photographs and concluded fraud